How Shaw Was Marketed to White Millennials [Washington Post] Shaw really was the textbook example of multi-wave gentrification. I probably should’ve written a book about it or something, but I was too busy not mowing my lawn and putting my trash out an hour before the legally-mandated time. (Luckily I had great neighbors who never failed to notify me about these and many, many other transgressions.)

How Will “The End of Work” Affect Housing? [Arch Daily] On one hand, I’m really excited about a future of robots taking our jobs so we can spend all our time on leisure. On the other hand, the idea of everyone being at home all the time makes me think the future is people paying to work in offices, just to get away from their family members.

The Worst McMansion Sins [Hyperallergic] Whenever I look at these sites chronicling the worst excesses of McMansions, 75% of the houses are in Virginia. I don’t think we’re giving Virginia the recognition it deserves as the McMansion capital of America.